Adapted from a speech given by Carlos Fuentes in May 1988 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

Two Newsome High School students are hosting a collection drive for impoverished children in Nicaragua.

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Art Without Borders is a public event by Gallery U Montclair, Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m..A Celebrate Montclair's abundance of artistry, and help us bring art supplies to the children of the Simon Bolivar school in Jinotega, Nicaragua.

Following in the footsteps of the Cigar Aficionado 91-rated Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve, Miami Cigar & Company is set to release the 2012 edition at IPCPR in August.

Nicaragua's San Juan river was once one of the most important in the world; now it is a peaceful waterway surrounded by jungle, with amazing bird and animal life, but very few tourists.

The Government of Costa Rica today sent a letter to Nicaragua's Foreign Ministry expressing its "most energetic protest" against the Sandinista government's dispatch of more Sandinista Youth to occupy a zone of disputed borderland claimed by both countries.

Yoshi Kato tests coffee for aroma, texture and taste during a contest of Nicaraguan coffee growers in Managua, Nicaragua, in 2003.

Luke Zehr of Tiskilwa, a student at Goshen College, is participating in the Goshen College Study-Service Term in Nicaragua during this summer, along with 22 other students.

Nicaragua's new Family Code defines marriage as a union between man and woman; to pressure and embarrass the lawmakers gay-rights activist Marvin Mayorga threatens to "out" 20 closeted congressmen.

Effort to free Tacoman in Nicaraguan prison gains steam An international campaign to free Tacoma's Jason Puracal from a Nicaraguan prison accelerated this week with support from 43 members of Congress and the U.S. State Department.

While the first family's political project is subsidized by a wellspring of Venezuelan petrodollars, most Nicaraguan households are relying on foreign subsidies of another type: remittance money sent home by family members working abroad.

In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during a midnight funeral of the late Tomas Borge, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement, in Managua, Nicaragua.

In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during a midnight funeral of the late Tomas Borge, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement, in Managua, Nicaragua.

In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during a midnight funeral of the late Tomas Borge, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement, in Managua, Nicaragua.

An international campaign to free Tacoma's Jason Puracal from a Nicaraguan prison accelerated this week with support from 43 members of Congress and the U.S. State Department.

InSight Crime has an article that compares crime in Nicaragua to other countries in the region.

Nicaragua Claims Environmental Damages Against Costa Rica Before CCJ Environmental organizations from Nicaragua argued before the Central American Court of Justice, in Managua, claiming damages caused by Costa Rica to the region by constructing a road by Nicaragua's San Juan River.

The wrapper leaf on a cigar is like the sear on a carefully cooked piece of beef - it's often what makes the difference between a bland piece of protein and a sizzling dinner centerpiece.

Nicaragua's homicide rate-already the second-lowest in the region behind Costa Rica-dipped even lower last year to 12 murders for every 100,000 people, strengthening the country's claim to the superlative distinction of "safest in Central America," according to National Police.